A MILLIONAIRE German industrialist serving an 11-year spell in Belmarsh after being convicted of kidnapping was yesterday jailed for another year.

Magistrates in Llandudno heard Volker Kappler, 37, had failed to pay £60,000 Crown Prosecution Service costs. He was not represented in court.

In October 2003 Kappler, a one-time tenant of the Black Lion, at Llanfairtalhaiarn, near Abergele, was found guilty at Teeside Crown Court of two charges of kidnap and two of blackmail. He ordered gunmen to kidnap two businessmen.